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Brexit and science, New brain map, Cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars
Brexit and science, new brain map, cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars.
Drug abuse in athletes, Last Common Ancestor, Lichens and Beatrix Potter, Philae farewell
Drug abuse in athletes, Last Common Ancestor, Lichens and Beatrix Potter, Philae farewell.
Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29
What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize
A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.
Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize
Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
Gravitational wave detection, Exo-Mars landing, Royal Society book prize, Gait biometrics
Gravitational wave detection, Exo-Mars landing, Royal Society book prize, gait biometrics.
Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
Embryos from non egg cells, Gaia galaxy census, Stratolites, Female and male body clocks
Embryos from non egg cells; Gaia galaxy census; stratolites; female and male body clocks.
What's Left to Explore?
What's left to explore? Adam Rutherford with a special edition from New Scientist Live.
RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.
Fatty food, Event horizon of a black hole, Gene editing technology patents
What controls our preference for fatty food?
Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song
New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet
HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs
A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?
Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space
Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?
Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages
Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
Does Pluto have an ocean, Antarctica's oldest ice, Meat emissions, Swifts fly ten months non-stop
Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?
Predator bacteria therapy, New money for UK science, Stick-on stethoscope, Taming fears in the brain scanner
Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?
Alzheimers research, Lucy in the Scanner, Smart bandages, From supernovae to Hollywood
How well do we understand Alzheimers disease after the latest drug trial disappointment?
Rock traces of life on Mars, Desert fireball network, Gut microbes and Parkinson's Disease, Science Museum's maths exhibition
Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?
Weather on a distant exoplanet, Diamond batteries from nuclear waste, Craters, Avalanches and glaciers, Solar geoengineering
A windy weather report from 1,000 light years away.
Inuits and Denisovans, Sex and woodlice, Peace through particle physics, Caspar the octopus in peril?
Can Inuits survive the Arctic cold thanks to deep past liaisons with another species?
Listeners' Questions
Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.
RIP Granny the oldest Orca - Graphene + Silly Putty - Moving a Giant Magnet - Space in 2017
Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.
The perils of explaining science, Living to 500, What's good for your teeth and The future of stargazing
Why the simplest explanations are not always the best when it comes to science.
Antarctic science rescue, Killing cancer with viruses, Measuring wind from space and the Last man on the moon
Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.
Crime, volcanoes, ghosts and how we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others
How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.
Wildlife trafficking, New quantum computers, Ancient bird beaks, Glassblowing.
How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.
Measuring human impact on earth, Awards for engineers, Sounds of space junk.
Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.
Science and cyber security, Dinosaur babies, Winston Churchill and level crossings
Testing cyber security with science.
